Sally’s Mockup Fittings
After the mockup version of her custom wedding dress was ready, Sally visited my studio for her mockup fittings. This is arguably the most important part of the custom process. The mockup is your laboratory. It’s where all the experiments and discoveries happen. With no risk of ruining anything precious, you get to work out all […]
The Custom Couture Process
Before I get into blogging about my newest bride, I thought I’d write a general post detailing an overview of my process and what to expect when commissioning your custom couture wedding dress. I know! I know! This big long post looks like a lot of work. And it is, but it is also a […]
Erin’s Mockup Fittings
Though I sketched Erin’s custom wedding dress using her unique silhouette and I used an extensive set of her measurements to create a Size-Erin dressform when drafting her patterns, there’s still plenty of work to be done before moving into the real fabric when making something one-of-a-kind. I created a mockup dress out of inexpensive fabrics […]
Sketches and Mockups for Heather’s Custom Accessories
As I mentioned in my previous post, a beautiful bride named Heather hired me to create unique accessory statement pieces to add personality to her plain thrift store dress. After learning more about her and her ideas and inspirations, I was able to come up with the sketch above! Pretty cool, huh? Heather’s Asymmetrical Shoulder […]
Caitlin’s Custom Wedding Dress Fittings
Continuing the story of Caitlin’s custom wedding dress creation… …it was finally the part of our process where she’d get to try something on! I patterned and made a mockup “test dress” out of muslin and some lace yardage. The dress would eventually be made using some of her mom’s wedding dress fabric, so […]
The Making of my Mom’s 50th Anniversary Dress
During all the transitions and projects of 2014, I created a very special dress that I’d love to share with you. It was for my beautiful mom. She and my dad have been married for 50 years.
Loula’s Mockup Fitting
Back in June, my best friend Loula flew from her home in New Orleans to my studio in Hillsborough (NC) for the first fitting for her custom wedding dress. We had done some mockup fittings of her undergarment via the mail, so she was trying on the basted version of the real understructure for the […]
Loula’s Mockup
The mockup for Loula’s custom wedding dress was fairly easy to create because I had already put so much work into properly fitting her custom undergarment. I merely had to make a few adjustments to the bustier pattern to make a new pattern for the dress bodice which also made the creation of the skirt […]
Margaret’s Mockups
As you may recall from my previous post, Margaret’s custom mother-of-the-bride dress was ready for our first mockup fitting! A mockup is a “test dress” made out of inexpensive materials, usually muslin. This test dress allows us to adjust the fit and style of the dress on the body by cutting, pinning, and marking all […]
